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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Escape Room game?
Co-op Campaign + Escape Room
Only 10 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Escape Room game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Escape Simulator 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $29k against a market of $1.5k. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $29k (exactly $29,471) |
| Top 25% | $210k (exactly $210,389) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 1485% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op Campaign
- effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Escape Room
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 90% positive over 6,246 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
We Were Here Forever 2022 · $8.8M 
We Were Here Together 2019 · $5.6M 
We Were Here Too 2018 · $2.7M 
Escape Simulator 2 2025 · $2.6M 
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | We Were Here Forever | older | $17.99 | 16,256 90% | 488k | $8.8M (exactly $8,773,363) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | We Were Here Together | older | $12.99 | 14,481 82% | 434k | $5.6M (exactly $5,643,246) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | We Were Here Too | older | $9.99 | 9,005 78% | 270k | $2.7M (exactly $2,698,798) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | Escape Simulator 2 | $19.99 | 4,292 92% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) | Pine Studio | |
| | Tick Tock: A Tale for Two | older | $5.99 | 10,006 85% | 300k | $1.8M (exactly $1,798,078) | Other Tales Interactive |
 | How 2 Escape | older | $12.99 | 684 71% | 21k | $267k (exactly $266,555) | Breakfirst Games |
 | Together: Moon Escape | $9.99 | 868 90% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,140) | CarlosGameDev | |
 | SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE | older | $19.99 | 382 78% | 11k | $229k (exactly $229,085) | Second Impact Games |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist | older | $7.99 | 482 85% | 14k | $116k (exactly $115,535) | 0 Deer Soft |
 | How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine | $12.99 | 161 83% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Breakfirst Games | |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
 | Psycho Fear | $9.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Dark Panda | |
 | Emergency Exit | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Cheeky Cat Games | |
 | Escape Team | $15.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fabian Hemmert | |
 | United Heist: Facility Zero | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | No more Sleep | |
 | Escape Hatch | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Testcode, Inc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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